Product Status Codes

Product Status Code

Description

Stock

Item regularly kept in inventory.

NonStock

Item not regularly kept in inventory but available for special order.

MiscChrg

Charge for a service, such as assembly.

Note: Product records with this status are not physical items, and they do not require an associated buy line.

Delete

Item scheduled to be removed from inventory when the current on-hand quantity reaches zero, such as products the vendor deems to be obsolete.

Items with a Delete status ignore the Exclude All Sales Orders Outside The Plenty Date From Avail Calc control maintenance record.

You must have the OE.PRODUCT.USE.DELETE authorization key to sell products with a status of Delete.

Products with a status of Delete do not appear on a suggested purchase order.

Review

Item under review to be assigned a new product status.

Assign new items to be added to your inventory the Review status until all product maintenance on the item is complete and the item is ready to be sold.

Assign products that you are considering removing from your inventory the Review status.

You must have the OE.PRODUCT.USE.REVIEW authorization key to sell products with a status of Review.

Products with a status of Review do not appear on a suggested purchase order.

Comment

Description of a product or service designed to display in Order Entry.

Note: Product records with this status are not physical items.

Use this status for utility items, such as freight charges, that your purchasing or sales department can use.

For example:

• Create a product record called ACME VENDOR FREIGHT CHARGE, assign it the Comment status, and enter the ACME Vendor's freight charges in the Additional Key Words field.

• If a sales person needs to recall the ACME Vendor freight charge amount when entering a purchase order, he or she can search for this product record, display it on the order while completing the transaction, and remove it before sending the transaction.

Purge

Item scheduled to be removed from the Product File when the Purge Products program is run.

Product records with the Purge status must meet all of the following criteria:

• Have zero on-hand quantities.

• Have no history.

• Not exist on any open transactions.

During the process of editing the Product File, to remove discontinued products, we recommend the following flow:

• Assign the product record the Review status and review the product.

• Assign the product record the Delete status to mark it for deletion.

• Assign the product record the Purge status and run the Purge Product program to permanently delete the record from the system.

LotItem

Item used as a Lot Item Billing product record.